Health News: [diabetes ]: Racial Disparities in Life Spans Narrow, but Persist

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Racial Disparities in Life Spans Narrow, but Persist Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 09:09 PM PDT Researchers found that higher rates of death from heart disease, cancer, homicide and diabetes accounted for more than half the disadvantage among black Americans in 2010. Continue reading Heart Disease Shortens Black Life Expectancy Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 09:06 PM PDT Cancer, diabetes and other causes of death contribute to a racial life expectancy gap. Continue reading To Your Good Health: Doctor explains the diabetes, sugar link npc-news.herald-review.com Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 09:00 PM PDT Dear Dr. Roach: In your recent answer to a question from "P.H.," you replied, "For many people, that [the release of sugars, from digestion of carbohydrates] increases the risk of diabetes." Your predecessor, Dr. Donohue, commented less than a year ago (and sounding as if he had made the point multiple... Continue reading Peel police search for missing woman with Alzheimer's Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 08:52 PM PDT BRAMPTON - Peel Regional Police are searching for a missing 74-year-old woman with Alzheimer's and Type 1 Diabetes. Continue reading Stroll to escape diabetes Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 08:32 PM PDT Findings showed that quick walks throughout the day may have an even bigger impact on your health than a 30-minute walk before work. Continue reading BlueJackets host diabetes awareness night Saturday npc-news.kitsapsun.com Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 07:27 PM PDT Kitsap, which plays Kelowna at Gene Lobe Field, will host a raffle and silent auction. Continue reading Eastday-Discovery may lead to new drugs for diabetes Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 07:24 PM PDT SHANGHAI researchers have teamed up with US and European scientists to successfully decode the structure of a protein that offers a new biomarker for possible drugs to treat type II diabetes. Continue reading Dr. Roach: The diabetes and sugar link npc-news.lubbockonline.com Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 07:16 PM PDT Dear Dr. Roach: In your recent answer to a question from "P.H.," you replied, "For many people, that (the release of sugars, from digestion of carbohydrates) increases the risk of diabetes." Your predecessor, Dr. Continue reading

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